7th August 1802
Napoleon lays into Jersey in the French press
Napoleon accused Jersey of granting asylum to criminals condemned to death, then sending them on raiding missions back into France. Once there, they were robbing and murdering anyone they came across and destroying their houses. According to the section of the French press under Napoleon’s control, this was being coordinated by the British government in London.
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Other events that occured in August
Artist Edmund Blampied dies
- Artist Edmund Blampied is remembered for designing a subversive banknote for use in Jersey during the occupation.
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The wreckage of the Cloud of Iona is found
- Jersey Airways’ plane, The Cloud of Iona, disappeared between Guernsey and Jersey on the night of 31 July 1936.
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Jersey judge and prosecutor find themselves prosecuted in court turn-around
- A bit of clever argument from the accused saw a court in Jersey reconsider who exactly was to blame in an unusual case.
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Jersey plane makes bomb threat detour
- Thirty passengers on their way to Jersey strapped themselves in as their aircraft performed an about turn in mid-air
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